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November 2022

v.149 n.10

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The Rock and the Peregrine

John McGreevy’s book is a gripping history of the modern Catholic Church, an institution at once a stolid purveyor of tradition and an agent of revolutionary change.

By James Chappel

November 15, 2022

History

Secularism and Modernity

Bishops

Article

After Neoliberalism

Biden’s economic agenda breaks with the neoliberal paradigm in significant ways. It is likely to be this president’s defining legacy.

By Anthony Annett

November 10, 2022

Joe Biden

Economy

Feature

Who Will Save the Bronx?

The Bronx has seen bad times before. The fixes usually come local.

November 7, 2022

Feature

A Barren Eden

Khuzestan, Iran—a region that oil once made rich—is being slowly devastated by the effects of the world’s addiction to fossil fuels.

November 5, 2022

Feature

Two Sides of Dignity

By letting civility happen, we take better care not only of others and of the world itself, but of ourselves.

November 2, 2022

Feature

This Pregnancy

“Ethical decisions like those surrounding abortion can only be made in the light of experience; to assume the opposite is its own kind of distortion.”

By Mary Gordon

November 1, 2022

Abortion

Domestic Affairs

Continuing the Conversation

Article

Read in One Sitting

Jesse Ball’s unconventional memoir gives the reader a new appreciation for the mystery of creativity.

By Adam Fleming Petty

October 30, 2022

Nonfiction

Books

Article

I’ll Take New York

What if you had a job—a “vocation,” perhaps—you really liked? What if, instead of competitiveness and misery, you found collaboration and joy?

October 30, 2022

Article

Irreconcilable Differences

It is long past time to rethink our relationship with the violent, autocratic regime in Saudi Arabia.

By The Editors

October 24, 2022

Middle East

War and Peace

Foreign Affairs

Article

Failure to Thrive

Paul Morland’s latest book shows that despite living longer, healthier lives, people are less willing to have children now than at any time in history.

By Viva Hammer

October 24, 2022

Secularism and Modernity

Nonfiction

Article

Rail Strike Looms, Again

Facing punitive attendance policies, understaffing, and unsafe working conditions, America’s rail workers may be poised to walk off the job.

October 21, 2022

Article

Musk Amok

Elon Musk holds no official or honorary office, but that doesn’t stop him from pronouncing on matters beyond his areas of expertise.

October 20, 2022

Article

‘Woman, Life, Freedom’

Iranians protesting after the death of Mahsa Amini continue taking to the streets, despite institutional challenges and violent crackdowns.

By Isabella Simon

October 19, 2022

Middle East

Gender

Feature

The Storm Cloud of the Twenty-First Century

The storm cloud of this century is climate devastation. What can Pope Francis and John Ruskin teach us about rescuing the true wealth that is life?

April 22, 2023

Article

Old Towns, New Havens

Susan Hartman’s powerful new book chronicles how refugee populations helped revitalized a moribund Rust Belt city.

By Tom Deignan

November 6, 2022

Immigration

Nonfiction

Article

Can recovery be a bad thing? Side effects: the blight of blasé, A mild fever of yeah, whatever.

Four Poems by Rex Wilder

By Rex Wilder

November 2, 2022

Poetry

Article

What’s the Ius?

In ‘Common Good Constitutionalism,’ Adrian Vermeule argues with straw men and cites blog posts. The book may rally his followers, but it won’t add to their number.

By  Dhananjay Jagannathan

October 30, 2022

Books

Nonfiction

Supreme Court

Article

Poem | Eventide

“And still, every night, / You transfigure with love / these waters above / into wine.”

By Michael Stalcup

October 24, 2022

Poetry

Article

Two Poems by Elizabeth Poreba

“At least the sparrows provide / some credibility, being visible like us, / also here for no apparent reason”

By Elizabeth Poreba

October 24, 2022

Poetry

Article

Poem | More Furious, More Irrefutable

“You can feel something barbing the air, a poisonous atmosphere everywhere, / the clabbering of civility, the strange connections between click bait and road rage”

By Stephen Kampa

October 24, 2022

Poetry

Article

Using laws to make abortion illegal is like using a chainsaw to perform surgery: the surgery may be a success, but the patient will likely die.

Letters | Responses to the “Abortion After Dobbs” symposium

By The Editors

October 22, 2022

Letters

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By and By, Lord

A new book celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken,’ a groundbreaking crossover album that revealed marvelous sonic vistas.

October 3, 2022

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